San Bernardino shooter victim struggles for medical insurance without success

Valerie Callis-Weber was seriously injured a year ago during an attack in San Bernardino. Then armed men - a husband and wife - opened fire at a Christmas party.

Callis-Weber still has his left arm paralyzed, a fragment of the bullet remains in the pelvic bone, and during the exchange of fire one of the bullets passed through the thigh. An 59-year-old woman has undergone many operations, now she needs constant therapy. However, as he writes The New York Times, insurance companies began to refuse to pay for its medical care.

“I can’t write, I can’t button my clothes, I can’t cut a steak, I can’t drive a car, I can’t take the laundry to the laundry,” the woman said. “I need constant help.”

But the visits of the assistant, who would take care and watch over the woman, became less and less, and soon they would end completely, because the insurance company refuses to cover the treatment of the victim of terrorists. The insurance company has already stopped financing the therapy related to the required rehabilitation, funding for other procedures related to the restoration of the hands and feet has been stopped.

As Callis-Weber said, when the attack occurred, she was in the workplace at the medical center, and her treatment should be covered by a special program. However, the insurance company states that the rules do not provide assistance to victims of such mass shooting.

According to The New York Times, Callis-Weber can expect to pay for all necessary services from the state budget. But while they are not going to pay there. In an interview with the newspaper, the head of the California Industrial Relations Department, Christine Baker, said that a woman gets everything that is required by law.

Both Callis-Weber and insurance companies agree that the reasons for the suspension of financing are the subtleties of insurance legislation. Employee insurance in the workplace covers what is commonly called a work injury: falls, fractures, injuries that are caused if a person has slipped. But the attack of terrorists and shooting in the list of insurance claims do not appear, and insurance companies claim that they have no reason to pay for the treatment of the blasts.

Recall 2 December 2015, Said Farouk and Tashfin Malik have opened shooting in the medical center of the city of San Bernardino, California, during a Christmas party. The victims of the attack were a 14 man, 21 was injured. The attackers themselves were later killed in a shootout with the police. The couple had an 6-month-old daughter.

During a search of the couple’s house was found a significant amount of firearms and ammunition; and 12 improvised explosive devices. Later, in the shooting of FBI civilians found Russian trace The weapon from which the couple shot the 14 man was bought by Maria Chernykh, who lives in California. She emigrated from Russia to the USA in 2009.

Как сообщает CNN, citing officials close to the investigation, who attacked Tashfin Malik posted a video on Facebook, stating that she was swearing allegiance to the terrorist organization Islamic State. Said Farouk with absolute confidence He claimedthat in a couple of years Israel will not be, because this is what the main world powers - the United States, Russia and China want. And the Jews will move from there to Ukraine.

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